Limnological studies of Papnash pond, Bidar (Karnataka)
Angadi, S.B.; Shiddamallayya, N.; Patil, P.C.
Journal of Environmental Biology 26(2): 213-216
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0254-8704 PMID: 16161975 Document Number: 588913
The Papnash pond is an oldest pond of Bidar, Karnataka state, India. It is situated at 77 degrees -32' longitude and 17 degrees -55' latitude, located 551 m above mean sea level. It has been used daily for bathing and washing of clothes by large number of pilgrims. The samples were collected fortnightly during October 1999 to September 2000 to analyse physico-chemical and biological status of water, such as temperature, pH, total alkalinity, total hardness, dissolved oxygen, free carbon dioxide, chloride, organic matter, nitrite, phosphate, sulfate and algal flora. Variations in physico-chemical parameters were noted. The results revealed that the pond water was hard, alkaline and polluted. A total of 39 species of algae belonging to Myxophyceae (4), Chlorophyceae (17), Bacillariophyceae (6) and Euglenophyceae (12) were reported.